Meet Daniel, from London, Boston and Rowhedege
The recent focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and the terrible murder of George Floyd in the USA has brought back memories of racial abuse, injustice and inequality. [...]
This is Not a Movie
Here I am in my sixth decade on earth feeling new-born and kickin' as I hit the high street - Fore Street, rather - of my new village, my [...]
Marisse’s story: Growing up in Devon as a biracial British Filipina
Beautiful North Devon is where I was born and where I have spent most of my life. I am proud to call this place home now, but that wasn’t [...]
Meet Nick from Buckfastleigh: The family moves out of London
My maternal grandfather was a white, working-class, London man made good. He was born in 1901; patriotic, racist, paternal, homophobic and sexist. He voted Conservative. But he was also [...]
Meet Martha, from the Cotswolds
I’ve lived in London for ten years but I am from a small village in the Cotswolds. I would say that I’m mixed race or Black. I use brown [...]
Meet Lee-Ann, who’s mixed race and lives in Exeter
Lee-Ann was born in Malawi, Africa. She is of mixed Asian, European and African heritage. Both her parents are from Malawi. On her mum’s side her grandmother was of [...]
Meet Becca, of English-Caribbean heritage, from Bridport
Growing up as a person of mixed heritage in Dorset has had its challenges. I’ve been living in Bridport for pretty much all of my life, after my mum [...]
Launch of Where are you really from? podcast series
The first episode of the podcast is now available to listen to online. I first made it available to the public at an event called Mikrofest in Exeter. I [...]
Meet Tamzin, from Cornwall
Tamzin was born in London, where her mum’s family had lived for a couple of generations. She thinks originally they were of Italian Jewish/Roma Gypsy descent. Her father is Egyptian. [...]
Meet Yukiko (Yuki) from Japan and Devon
Yuki was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is from Fukushima, Japan and her mother is from Kyoto, Japan. Although she is Japanese, Yuki feels as though she is [...]